Canonical Position in Classical Spin Theory
- 25 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 155 (5) , 1420-1422
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.155.1420
Abstract
We examine the canonical transformation properties of the classical position and spin variables in the theory of the pure gyroscope, and obtain the classical counterpart of the quantum-mechanical Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation. Further, Pryce's center-of-mass definition leads to the same expressions for position and spin as obtained via the classical counterpart of the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation.Keywords
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